Cutdown HYA Hopper Wagons

From mid-2021, WH Davis outshopped the next 48 cutdown wagons, originally built for GE Rail Services/Fastline as IIAs but latterly operated by GBRf, with the bodyside above the lower angle change in ‘steel blue’, complete with Touax and GB Railfreight brandings. The rest of the wagon is black. This replaced the unpainted, patch painted and silver-grey finish seen on previous batches and instantly made them the classiest-looking members of the fleet. This image change was continued onto 371073-371080, released in 2022 in the same scheme, albeit with just the GBRf logos. They are mostly to be found behind the operator’s diverse range of Class 66s and can be found all over the UK working on behalf of Aggregate Industries (from Bardon Hill, Coton Hill and Grain), Cemex (from Peak Forest), and Tarmac (from Arcow and Rylstone).